On September 5, 1690, the wind and waves were slightly larger in the waters near varge hoala. The Liberator Third Deck Battleship landed an anchor and quietly waited for the two merchant ships behind him to come forward to deliver goods with others.

Wolf Island is a small island off the coast of Gothenburg, with a voyage of about 1.5 Sweden (nearly 9 miles) from the harbor. It is the preferred mooring location for ships who do not intend to go to the port of Gothenburg to replenish supplies. If late October, there will be more ships berthing here, because there will be a lot of floating ice floating on the Yota River. The port authorities often send ships to de-icing, which greatly affects the efficiency of entering and leaving the port, resulting in many merchants preferring to make delivery here.

The Liberator escorted two East Coast merchant ships to moor here and traded with members of the Dehair family here. A large number of steel products (steel ingots, steel bars, etc.) from the East Coast were sold in exchange for a batch of copper blocks from Sweden, and then transported back to the East Coast for processing.

The East Coast ships that traded with the Deher family near Wolf Island are the second batch of ships this year. The last batch of ships were only in March, when they were also purchasing copper blocks. Before that, the East Coast ships that went to Gothenburg or Malmö for trading had a long gap. The main reason was that the East Coast people were squeezed out of the Swedish business circle and could only sell some goods through some unfamous agents, with very little market share.

After helping the republican government to come to power, the relations between the United Province and the East Coast were fully recovered, and business agreements were signed one after another. Many markets that were originally banned gradually opened the door to them, such as the Kingdom of Sweden, which had almost become the economic vassal of the United Province. The royal family of this country owed huge loans to the Dutch, and the economy was deeply penetrated. Dutch merchants were very powerful here, so after the relationship between the two countries warmed up, East Coast goods slowly entered this market.

The Deher family, which had cooperated in the past, is now the largest agent of East Coast goods in Sweden. The family has many weapons production workshops in Gothenburg, Stockholm and other places. They used to use copper and iron mined and smelted in Sweden to make weapons and equipment. Now there is a supply of high-quality steel from the East Coast, so the Deher family naturally opens to purchase (in fact, they used to purchase privately, but the amount was limited) so that they could start construction and build a large number of high-quality weapons to supply to the Swedish army. You should know that the Swedes' more than 20,000 troops are fighting for the interests of the United Provinces in the German region, and the manufacturing of weapons and equipment cannot be sloppy.

The arrival of the "Liberator" third-deck battleship was unexpectedly attracted the attention of everyone nearby. Such powerful warships were obviously only available in Europe at this time. The Kingdom of France also relied on these super warships that their naval strength evaluations rose and became the second most powerful naval power in the continent, which seemed to be a little stronger than the British who had cut over the years and sealed up a large number of warships.

The Swedish Kingdom had a fleet that was quite deemed to be seen many years ago, but was defeated in the war with the Danes. Later, they realized their shortcomings and no longer forced the development of the navy, but instead invested as much of their limited financial resources and population as possible to the army. They were not France, and they did not have the strength to build a naval power and an army power at the same time.

However, although there was no decent navy, the marine trade in the Swedish Kingdom was still quite developed. Take Gothenburg as an example. In the second half of this famous commercial port, ships left the port almost every month and went to the Mediterranean and other places for trade. Even in recent years, there were more and more merchant ships leaving the port to India, Siam, China and other places, so that people in Gothenburg proposed to imitate England, United Provinces and other countries to establish the Swedes' own East India Company and officially launch the Oriental Trade.

After the trade with the Dehair family was completed, four people stayed and then entered the Yota River on a small boat to transport goods. They went to establish the Gothenburg merchant station. They had agreed with the Dehair family before they came that they would not obstruct the matter. On the contrary, they would provide some help, with the condition that they would send them a long-term preferential supply contract. Cai Zhenguo readily agreed to this condition, and then sent four more capable commercial talents to establish the merchant station in Gothenburg, and slowly developed the East Coast people's own commercial sales network - and also an amateur intelligence agency.

In the afternoon of the same day, the battleship "Liberator" exchanged greetings with a Swedish patrol ship (less than 100 tons) that had cruised here. After exchanging gifts, they brought two ammunition supply ships, two Star-class light cruisers and two merchant ships to set sail, left Wolf Island, and headed south to the Sond Strait. Their next destination was the Polish port city of Gdansk (Danze).

It is said that after Poland broke off diplomatic relations with the East Coast, the Port of Gdansk was closed to the East Coast people for decades, and the East Coast merchants also stayed away from the country of Poland. From then on, trade between the two countries could only be transferred through third-party merchants such as Kurland, Prussia, and United Provinces, with very low efficiency and low total amount.

In recent years, the purchase of Polish slaves has gradually faded, and the relationship between the East and Poland has become a little loose. In particular, the East Coast people tried every means to curb Russia, which made Poland very satisfied. Although the East Coast people are also closely related to the Ottoman Empire, this southern enemy is now hit by the Austrians, and they have suffered heavy losses and are unable to confront the Poles anymore. Therefore, the Polish-Lithuanian Commonwealth restored relations with the East Coast Republic the year before yesterday, and direct trade was launched between the two countries again. The Gdansk Merchant Station was also rebuilt under this background, and the bilateral trade volume gradually increased, which is very gratifying.

The annual trade volume of Gdansk Trading Station is about 600,000 yuan, mainly military equipment, high-end textiles, medicines, hardware and equipment, etc., and there is still a lot of room for improvement. In addition, this Trading Station is also an immigration recruitment site, and it is always listed to recruit Polish free people who are willing to go to the New World to reclaim wasteland. However, due to religious beliefs, treatment and other factors, there are few responders, and not many Poles are willing to sign up. In their opinion, instead of registering to the east coast, it is better to go to New Kurland in West Africa. At least the land policy is very favorable and does not force you to change your faith, so that your soul after death cannot be saved.

After the East Coast fleet sailed into the port of Gdansk, a merchant ship sold out all the goods they carried, then loaded some of the Polish goods hoarded in the merchant station on board, stuffed about seventy or eighty Polish immigrants, and sailed away. The remaining ships stayed for a few days under the leadership of the "Liberator". During this period, Lieutenant Colonel Ding Zhen also invited local Polish government officials and nobles to board the boat for dinner. While deepening relations, he showed off his strength without any trace. Speaking of which, these are also a kind of publicity, which is very helpful for the merchant station to carry out work in the future.

During the banquet, both sides also talked about the Polish king Jan Sobesky. Judging from the results of the chat, the nobles generally did not catch a cold of him. This was partly out of jealousy, and more seemed to be related to his military and constant waste of Poland's national strength.

This guy didn't know what happened. He always disliked the Ottoman Empire and fought to the death as soon as he took the opportunity. He still found ways to attack the northern border of the Ottoman Empire and tried to seize more land. But the problem was that these military operations had not achieved any results. The Ottoman army, which had recovered, paid a major casualty price with it, but the front line did not change much. This undoubtedly made the local nobles in Poland complain. Especially the nobles from the former Duchy of Lithuania, were more vigilant about the Russian Empire, but Sobesky made peace with Russia repeatedly and even betrayed some interests, which made them very angry. I believe that if Sobesky had not made great contributions in the battle to rescue Vienna and had a high international prestige, the local nobles would have united and ousted him.

Lieutenant Colonel Ding and the merchant station were responsible and listened to the complaints of these Polish nobles who had a deep tangle of interests in the East Coast, and from time to time they echoed a few words, which resonated with each other. Ding Zhen heard someone say that King Louis XIV of France intended to let James II compete for the Polish king because Sobesky was in poor health and often led troops to fight, and his health was extremely deficient. James II had lost his throne, so he might as well try his luck in Poland, and maybe he could get a king. But now he plans to send James II back to Ireland to cause trouble, so this matter should be given up. What's more, James II himself doesn't want to go to Poland. Everyone knows that it's a fire pit, and the king should keep it. You vomit three liters of blood.

The East Coast people are certainly not very interested in these bullshit things in Poland. What they are more about is how to better seek commercial benefits in this vast and populous country. What does the Polish king and even the people do when they are alive? Therefore, after talking about the political topic, the two sides held a brief talk on the agency rights and sales sharing of goods, and reiterated the consensus reached before, which was basically a pleasant cooperation.

The East Coast fleet did not stay in Gdansk for long. Three days later, they set sail again, left Poland, turned northeastern, and headed towards the Duchy of Kurland. Because the port of Vandao was in plague, they temporarily changed their plans and did not go to the largest port of the Duchy of Kurland, but drove directly to the port of Riga, where they anchored.

Riga Trading Station has been operating for a long time. It has been the only remaining Baltic trading center for many years. It is also the location of the East Coast Embassy in Sweden. Its status is very important. In this de facto Sweden's largest city, the goods of the East Coast people are gathered here and distributed to merchants in the Principal of Kurland, and they are sold to various places, making a lot of profits. At the same time, it is also an immigration recruitment center for the East Coast in the neighboring areas of the East Coast. Every year, a large number of Livornians come to Riga to register and board the ship to the East Coast. These people generally have relatives or friends living on the East Coast, relying on remittances flowing from the New World to prepare various things, and then the whole family sets on the ships to the East Coast. The scale of this kind of immigration is about 1,000-2,000 people per year, not too many, which is related to the population base of Livornia. Overall, it has contributed considerable strength to the construction of the East Coast.

The East Coast people secretly met with the special envoy from the Principal of Kurland in Riga. As expected, the special envoy made a request to the East Coast people to establish a "appropriate" naval force to strengthen the country's voice in the Baltic Sea. Their country is getting richer and attracted a large number of Livornians, Poles and Germans to settle, and it has reached more than 350,000, which is very amazing. Therefore, the reign of the Grand Duke Frederick wanted to transform the old fleet and safeguard their interests in a more suitable capacity as the Principal of Kurland.

The East Coast people naturally have permission to do so for their active demand to expand their military power! The Principality of Kurland has always been an important fulcrum and allies of the East Coast in Europe. They are willing to strengthen naval construction and can naturally share the pressure of the East Coast people. Therefore, as long as they can have no financial obstacles, what reason is there to stop them? You must know that the East Coast people are now returning to the Baltic Sea strongly, which is the time when their allies need their allies to cooperate.
Chapter completed!